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Tuesday, 26 February 2013

Chinese 2012 R&D Spending Reached One Trillion Yuan

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similar news of increased science funding in China, clearly these
countries realized the importance of investing in science today to
materialize tremendous economic and societal benefits for their
countries in future: Chinese 2012 R&D Spending Reached One Trillion
Yuan: http://www.asianscientist.com/topnews/chinese-scientific-expenditure-1-trillion-2012/
"China’s R&D spending increased 17.9 percent year on year to 1.02
trillion yuan (US$162.24 billion) in 2012, according to data released
Friday. R&D expenditure represented 1.97 percent of the gross
domestic product (GDP) last year, up from the 1.84 percent and 1.75
percent in 2011 and 2010, respectively, according to data from the
National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). China’s annual R&D spending
has grown on average by more than 20 percent for six straight years
since 2006 before slowing slightly last year, said an earlier NBS
report. A total of 217,105 invention patents to domestic and
overseas applicants were approved in 2012, up 26.1 percent from the
previous year, reported the State Intellectual Property Office."

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